Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner

Heat 2

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Produktbeschreibung

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award?winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film?with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie ?Heat 2 is now one of my favorite suspense novels. . . . I'm already quoting lines from Heat 2 to my writer friends (shamelessly saying the lines are mine).? ? James Patterson One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis's brother in arms Neil McCauley (De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna's determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley's crew, before he ghosts out of the city. In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they're pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna?a man unreconciled with his history?is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders. Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley's scores and Hanna's pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat. Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds?from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann's Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries. Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic?a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 152mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780063241985
• ISBN-10: 0063241986
• Artikelnr.: 63368032

Autorenporträt

Michael Mann is a world-renowned director, screenwriter, producer, and one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. Mann has written and directed award-winning television movies and series (including Miami Vice and Crime Story) and feature films including  Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Ali, and Miami Vice . He has produced numerous feature films, including Academy Award-winner  The Aviator (directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett) and directed several commercially successful, critically acclaimed projects including the feature film Collateral (starring Tom Cruise) and the pilot for the HBO series Luck (starring Dustin Hoffman). Mann has won many prestigious awards, including a BAFTA for Best Film (The Aviator), a Golden Globe for Best Picture/Drama (The Aviator), and an NBR Award for Best Director (Collateral). Mann lives in Los Angeles.

Rezensionen

'A quarter of a century after his classic heist film Heat, the director Michael Mann returns to the scene of the crime in this absolutely gripping thriller, written with Meg Gardiner. Twin timelines explore the before-and-after of that celluloid clash between the unstoppable bank robber Neil McCauley and the immovable Los Angeles cop Vincent Hanna, with the action ranging from home invasions in suburban Chicago to Chinese crime families in 1990s Paraguay. Sweep, self-confidence and a cinematic sheen make this the most immersive of reads' The Times

'Michael Mann's HEAT is one of my all-time favorite movies. Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner's HEAT 2 is now one of my favorite suspense novels.'
James Patterson

'Heat 2 is a brilliant and riveting novel with rich and real characters and powerhouse storytelling...'
Don Winslow

"Heat 2 gives us an exciting, emotionally rich thriller, with just as much style and panache as Michael Mann's original classic heist movie. I loved it."
Adrian McKinty, #1 International bestselling author

"Awesome! This novel is a stunning achievement in character study, narrative form and action. I am in awe. A stunning page-turner every bit as masterful as the original movie. Easily one of the finest novels of the year!"
Steve Cavanagh, #1 International bestselling author

'This audacious, powerhouse of a novel brings to the page everything the classic crime film HEAT brought to the screen... The metaphors and descriptions conjure up vivid, original images worthy of Mann's best big movies.'
Eric Rickstad, New York Times bestselling author

'The best thing about this innovative tale is the way the fully fleshed human stories support and even transcend the often breathtaking action.' Booklist